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Walnut Creek police K-9 Handler Officer Joseph Coffin and Sheyna, who was injured while trying to take down a suspect in July. The K-9 returned to work Monday, three weeks after being stabbed multiple times, police said. (Walnut Creek Police Department)

Walnut Creek police K-9 Handler Officer Joseph Coffin and Sheyna, who was injured while trying to take down a suspect in July. The K-9 returned to work Monday, three weeks after being stabbed multiple times, police said. (Walnut Creek Police Department)

WALNUT CREEK — A police dog stabbed several times while helping to run down hit-and-run suspect is back on the job.

Sheyna returned to duty at the Walnut Creek Police Department, the agency announced Tuesday on its Facebook page.

“All of your kind wishes and generous support truly made all the difference,” the department posted.

The German shepherd was injured July 16 while tracking down suspect Rolando Gonzalez, 33, of Walnut Creek. Gonzalez was located hiding under bushes in the area of Parkside Drive and Hillside Avenue after a pursuit.

Sheyna was allegedly stabbed by the suspect and rushed to an emergency veterinarian.

Police had been searching for Gonzalez after reports that a vehicle hit a pedestrian in the 200 block of Wooten Drive around 10:03 p.m. July 16.

An officer also was injured in a head-on collision with the suspect’s vehicle in the area shortly after the pedestrian was hit, police said. The pedestrian and officer both survived.﻿

Police finally subdued Gonzalez by shocking him with a Taser and shooting him with bean bags.

Gonzalez has been charged with felony hit-and-run, harming a police dog, and resisting and obstructing an arrest. He remains in the County Jail in Martinez in lieu of $5,000 bail.